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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVote in WaPost Poll: Do you agree with Mitt Romney on the 47% think they're victims?
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Do you agree with Mitt Romney that "there are 47 percent of the people who are dependent on government, who believe that they are the victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them"?
Yes - 18% (1361 votes)
No - 82% (6415 votes)
Total Votes: 7,776
Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding
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Vote in WaPost Poll: Do you agree with Mitt Romney on the 47% think they're victims? (Original Post)
sinkingfeeling
Sep 2012
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Romney has created victims and made them Government dependent through his business practices.
gordianot
Sep 2012
#3
Yes, & rMoney, how should your victims act? Your predatory business, Bain, cost them their
AnotherMother4Peace
Sep 2012
#4
skeewee08
(1,983 posts)1. just voted
Response to sinkingfeeling (Original post)
sherylkaye This message was self-deleted by its author.
thecrow
(5,519 posts)6. Link to the cnbc poll
Response to thecrow (Reply #6)
sherylkaye This message was self-deleted by its author.
gordianot
(15,237 posts)3. Romney has created victims and made them Government dependent through his business practices.
Irregardless of how one views themselves as victim how many actually know when they have been had by faceless financial predators? How many who made a fortune from the 2008 financial crash are still walking the street?
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,243 posts)4. Yes, & rMoney, how should your victims act? Your predatory business, Bain, cost them their
jobs, health insurance, pensions. How should your victims act? How should a victim of a robbery or mugging or rape act? How Mitt?
madokie
(51,076 posts)5. done
Yes - 17%
No - 83%
Total Votes: 8,670